broken tail?
Posted by OKIgglets, Mar 13 2010, 11:50 PM
so on thursday 3-11-2010 Starbuck didn't eat breakfast, and had a rumbly tummy, I went to do my hair and came home 6 hours later, tried to feed her again, didn't work, she started acting funny, rolling her back up and arching weird, walking funny, and sometimes side ways. then I noticed that the tip of her tail was bent in half! she was NOT acting herself so we took her to the e-vet. He didn't listen to anything except put a splint on her tail and give us some pain meds. that night i got her to eat a can of chicken and then her bowl of puppy food. she then had hershey squirts every where. Then on Friday Daniel and I came home from work and there were 6 drops of blood on the floor but we couldn't find a scratch on either dog and no blood around their bottoms. then today I found 2 drops when I came home from work.
Starbuck won't stop messing with the tip of her splint so I started taking it off, well, the entire end of her tail is now bloody and gross, poor thing has been licking it all night. I'm stressing, is there more to this than the tail break? poor Starbuck. I wanna take her to a second vet nd see what they say, we'll see what tomorrow holds..and I have to go in for my monthly Dr.'s appt. and I'm not looking forward to that either
FLEAS! and E-Vets
Posted by OKIgglets, Feb 5 2010, 09:46 PMSo I saw 2 FLEAS on my couch a few days ago!!!! so I instantly run to the kitchen where I have some left over flea medication from living with Daniel's parents. All the cats, the ferret, and both the dogs. Well about 10 hours after application Panga woke up in the middle of the night and she couldn't breathe. It didn't sound like asthma is sounded like she couldn't get the air in or out of her throat. we both shot out of bed. and babied her to death. she wouldnt lie in bed or go to sleep for the rest of the night. She tried to sleep in the closet so we moved the heat lamp in there and her bed. poor thing.. turns out that she was allergic to the flea medication and I had to stay home with her all day to make sure that her throat didn't close up. the vet said that there was nothing that they could do for her besides shoving an oxygen tube down her throat. so we washed the stuff off as instructed and gave her some baby benadryl. She was much better about 24 hours later. I'll never use flea medicine on my girls again! I haven't seen a flea since though =)
mama me
Posted by OKIgglets, Jan 31 2010, 04:52 PMI'm so grateful for my girls. They keep me sane when Daniel is gone all day. Let's see, there most recent excursion was last night. the roads were Icy and my best friend Keelie came over and picked up the pups and myself and we cooked dinner together and watched miss America. Half way through the show I went to go see what they were up to and found POOP ALL OVER HER WHITE CARPETED FORMAL DINING ROOM!!! EEK! I cleaned up as much as I could before I asked her for cleaner. She didn't yell or get mad. what a great friend. the carpet is as good as new and she loves the iggies just as much. I want another furbaby, but I know that I really don't need one
ig's, babies, adoption, diapers, BLAH!
Posted by OKIgglets, Jan 26 2010, 05:13 PMSo this Blog is more like a public online diary to me than anything. So here goes: I've been seeing female specialist for years and having ultrasounds every three months. I have a condition that can cause infertility, but the Doctor's won't know anything till I start trying to conceive. Well I'm not ready for that yet because I'm not married and my dad would kill me. Daniel and I have talked about this. I'm scared, I'm almost 25 and I don't want to be trying to have kids after I'm 30. I know that we can adopt, but the older I get the less excited I get about the idea of having kids. So Starbuck and Panga really are my kids. I want to get 2 more IG's in the next couple of years, but if we do end up having kids do I really want 4 dogs running around too? will I neglect them? neglect my baby? We try to talk about it and then finance comes up and how will we pay if i quite my job, etc. It's so frustrating! we just stop talking about it because we dont know the answers. I had some blood tests done that came back with some weird results, so I get to go "discuss" it with the Dr. in March. I'm begining to think that I just don't need kids.... i'm happy without them now right? But I know that Daniel wants children and I do love them so. I just needed to rant and rave and smash my keyboard for a bit =) oh, and there's that small little issue that I'm not even engaged yet! hehehehe!
A Day at HazelJane's
Posted by OKIgglets, Jan 24 2010, 10:23 PM
SO today was a tough day, i had a lot going on at work and I wanted to go shoot some video and stills of the adoptable Italian Greyhounds at HazelJane's Rescue. Daniel met me there with the girls, and Panga was quite overwhelmed to be in a living room with 14 Iggies. She cried a bit but then we went outside and she had a bit more fun. Maggie, the owner of the rescue drove to Missouri on Friday to pick up two puppies. They are 5 month old brother/sister. the girl is all white with fawn on her face with a white split and baby blues eyes (I'm in love with her. I could stare into those eyes all day) and her brother is an Irish red and white, and i mean RED! oh, and he has a little bright pink spot on the side of his nose. he's a handsome boy. The fawn girl is named Sweetpea and the boy is named... you guessed it. Red. There are also 3 adult dogs up for adoption. they are all blue and white Irish colored. First is Hank. He doesnt like human touch. He was a mill dog and only used for studding purposes. He never knew a kind hand so who can blame him for wanting people to keep their hands to themselves. Next is Margaret, she's a bit over wieght but it just adds to her cuteness. She was a mill mom and not used to contact. As long as you're colm and still she might approach you, just don't move fast and she may dart away. Then last but most certainty not the least is Miss Sofie. Sofie is missing her teeth due to no vet care or teeth brushing, so her tongue hangs out and is quite comical. she was also a mill mom. Sofie doesn't mind to be toughed but prefers not to be. these poor animals were used for money and now must spend the rest of their lives wondering if they'll ever have a forever home. It broke my heart and I would have taken every one of them home if I could. but they are happy with Maggie and her husband for now.
I'm totally in love with little SweetPea, but I know that every time I mention getting a dog that it upsets Daniel. And he's more important than anything else. Little Sweetpea will get a forever home in no time and I just hope that she gets as much love and understanding there as she would if she were part of our family. Good luck to all you rescue iggies and I hope that you all know happiness and find the homes that you were meant for. I'll do my best to try and find you all homes!
Starbuck's new game
Posted by OKIgglets, Jan 20 2010, 09:39 AMSo Starbuck knows to touch my hand when I say the word "paw". one day I decided to see if i could get her to touch anything with that command, so i pointed to me knee, touched it with my finger, tapped up and down with my finer and said paw.. she went over and touched my knee! success! so now, she has learned to touch anything that I point to. I'm hoping to slowly start teaching her the name of an item by doing this over and over again. today we were in our "school" (training) room and i surrounded her and i with different items and would say the name of 1 item (a rag) when i pointed to it, she doesn't have it quite yet, but she was so excited and having so much fun! I know that i've found her knew favorite game!
helping out with rescue
Posted by OKIgglets, Jan 18 2010, 09:46 AMI'm very excited to say that I will be starting to help out a local IG rescue on Sunday! Maggie with Hazeljane's IG rescue takes a lot of the dogs that IGCA can't fit into their foster homes. I've looked at her site several times and noticed she had few if any photos and no videos. I know what an impact rescue videos have on me. I contacted her and we talked today and I'll be going out on Sunday with my 2 girls to take some photos and video of her 5 fosters to help get them homed! We're both very excited and talked for a couple of hours! I'm so excited to start helping out with rescue even if its only a bit of my time!
Panga has got it!
Posted by OKIgglets, Jan 16 2010, 08:53 PMPanga has been very hard to train it took weeks to teach her sit, down, stay, wait ... and its still very touch and go whether she'll follow your command, we usually have to repeat ourselves before she'll do it. Last night Panga finally learned "paw" (shake) we couldn't have been prouder. It took her 2 months to get it. we just finished our one on one "school" sessions with the girls and Panga was always terrified to roll onto her side. She did it with flying colors over and over. She has been known to crawl but tends to stand up, today she consistently kept her butt down and crawled forward every time she was given the command. I think that she's finally got it and I couldn't be prouder! We thought she wasn't as smart as Starbuck and turns out that she just didn't understand what was going on. What a smart girl. On the note of training Starbuck knows to touch things that i touch. but today she learned to touch things that I point to! I'm so lucky to have such smart girls!!!
part of the Panga story
Posted by OKIgglets, Jan 15 2010, 08:20 AM
For those of you who follow the blog but not the post (Nana 
) here's a recent post I put up about Panga
I know that Panga had a rough start in a mill-like situation, but I wonder if their isn't something that I can do now to help her self-confidence. Here's a few stories to let you know her situation a bit better
1. Panga was born to a back yard breeder with two litters other than hers and she was the last to be adopted and was kept in a cage in a shed outside
2. When we picked her up we had Starbuck in the car. They didn't get to touch but she could see her. She had bad motion sickness, was covered in her breakfast, salivating, shaking, and obviously scared out of her mind. once home I washed her and then let her find a spot to lay... she instantly went to Starbuck and napped for about 15 minutes then she started playing so I let them out back, they had a blast and Panga couldn't get enough of the grass.
3. We started puppy training a few days later at Petco. She had the hardest time just learning sit, it took weeks, whereas Starbuck already knew about 8 commands. The trainer noticed that if Panga couldn't see Starbuck that she wouldn't even focus on the humans. She was very needy of her sister for oral support, and wouldn't even walk on the leash unless she could see her. So the trainer recommended that we try and take Panga places by herself to help her become more independent.
4. The girls have been separated twice and both times were very stressful for Panga. I thought that if we kept Panga somewhere she is comfortable and removed Starbuck that it would be easier, so I had Daniel take Starbuck for a 2 minute walk and he left Panga with me. I tried to distract her but all the would do was sit at the front door and cry pitifully!
5. Next I thought taking her to a different environment with non-hostile distractions could help so I took her to a friends house that has a three legged cat. At first she just wimpered and cried but eventually she couldn't ignore that cat and they played and eventually she got tired and curled up on a chair and went to bed. But on the ride home she started crying again.
6. I'm sure that most of you have seen how she behaves at the dog park on YouTube. If a dog comes towards her she throws herself down and tucks her tail, but if the dog moves away or starts running then her tail wags and she attempts to chase it, until it looks at her and then down on the floor she goes!
7. just a side note, Starbuck is the alpha dog, but Panga always wants to play, non stop and she'll throw Starbuck around by her sweater or ram into her if Starbuck is trying to run. She's a big bully when it comes to Starbuck
She has always acted this way at the park, and Starbuck is always there with her. Is this something to worry about? will she grow out of it? is there something that I can do to help?
upset tummies and technology
Posted by OKIgglets, Jan 14 2010, 09:52 PM
Last night was our weekly family night, We had BBQ and mashed potatoes from scratch and corn on the cob. Starbuck has had digestive issues and the vet said that we were to make sure that she didn't eat anything other than her food (no paper, no people food, etc) well I explained this to everyone and yet throughout the night I saw a few people had her bits of meat and someone gave her and Panga a corn cob. Well.... at 5:10 this morning I woke up randomly and soon heard Panga throwing up corn EVERYWHERE in the bed. We had to get up and change the sheets and clean the mattress. It wasn't fun and all because people didn't listen to my wishes concerning my "children". A few other things happened that night to upset me, but I'm over them now.
I just got out of the shower with Daniel and we went to go sit on the couch after playing with the dogs for a bit and I noticed something next to Daniel on the couch.... I looked kinds like part of my phone cover....Wait, it was part of my phone cover, complete with gnawed off corners. Then Daniel said that he got a call from me 25 minutes ago with a voice mail that was nothing but static. I asked why he didnt say anything and he said that he didn't think about it. so After looking over the damage on my phone it appears that Panga punctured through the actual phone into its innards. it still works, but I'm stuck with this phone for about September! I still love them and I didn't yell at them, they just don't want mommy talking to any one but them.
Oh, one more thing to note. Daniel has said that we can get another dog in January of 2011.... or if I can wait until August we can get another June baby... but I don't think I can wait that long.
on broken tail?